Wooden Mallet: An exercise in OCD

This is only the third completed project in my shop. I am trying to keep my projects small until I get a clue as to what I am doing. So – I had some scraps and I need a wooden mallet. This is the result.

Great job, love making useful hand tools.You are well on your way to make official Lumberjock projects that will earn your merit badge.Next would be a grease pot, cutting board, kerfmaker, wine bottle tilt thingy…the list goes on and onI like the Veritas plane as well!

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

looks great. this is one of those projects that I always wished I had taken upon much earlier in woodworking than when I actually did – so much easier when you actually have a mallet and dont have to use cutoff pieces of hardwood to use as a make-shift mallet

The DX-60 is the only block plane that I own so I can not directly compare it to others. I will say this however, I have been on a tear over the past few months buying bench planes. Yet, Ive not wanted for another block because the DX 60 has done everything that Ive asked without fault.